Two things completely OT and one thing ON

[Catlady]

1. Sister Mary Lunatic signed off with:
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> Inside every older person
> is a younger person -
> wondering what the hell happened.
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And I have had it brought to my attention that SOMETHING happened and I
am now OLD more firmly by HP fandom than it was by anything else , as I
encounter wise mature people one-third my age, very excellent writers
who weren't born yet in my college graduation year (if I have bothered
to graduate), and employed adults young enough that I could be their
mother without having been precocious.

2. Tim says that Putin and Rasputin are pronounced differently and might
be spelled differently in Cyrillic. I had thought they were pronounced
the same and made a joke (well, it was funny at the party) about them
being related. Does anyone know?

3. Quidditch Through the Ages without a spoiler warning: NEIL, I was
wondering which of the pro teams she listed is closest to Wellingborough
-- I thought it might be the Wigtown Wanderers, but please don't comment
on what kind of sense of geography thinks that places might be near each
other just because they start with the same letter.
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